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Beaches closed, Inn closed: Clinic warns, don’t ‘stick your head in the sand,’ COVID-19 could be here
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Effective Thursday, March 19 all Lee County and Gasparilla Island beaches are closed due to concerns r…
EDITORIAL: A time to think, a time to plan
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Did you ever think things would get this crazy? Just a couple of weeks ago we were worried about thing…
PROFILE: Phil Hubbard
BY OLIVIA CAMERON – family, business, sports and nonprofit work in a partnership capacity was a way of life for Phil Hubba…
Gasparilla Island county beaches are closed
Effective Thursday, March 19 all Lee County and Gasparilla Island b…
Primary election results in for Gasparilla Island
The presidential primary results are in for both Lee and Charlotte …
Health Clinic says, ‘Don’t bury your head in the sand’: Inn has an interesting week in light of COVID-19 concern
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you don’t believe that COVID-19 is on the island, you should think again. That is the message the B…
OBITUARY: Jean Wurtz
Jean Wurtz, 86, of Boca Grande, formerly of Greenwich, Conn., passed away peacefully in the company of family on March 7, …
PROFILE: Deputy April Tomyn
BY OLIVIA CAMERON If you thought the flare of the island would stop with the cops, think again. When a certain squad car r…
The health of our water discussed at recent meeting
BY WESLEY LOCKE “Be a nuisance where it counts. Do your part to inform and stimulate the public to join your action. Be de…
Wini Smart art show to be held at Power House on March 16 Some works have never been seen before
STAFF REPORT When Wini Smart died in 2017, she left not only her wonderful paintings but a group of wonderful stories of h…